okay so next time I guide my mom through self custody I will make sure that she learns about entropy, hardware, verifies binaries in all software, red teams all software she uses with frontier LLMs, subscribes to all vulnerability disclosure channels (and learns how to interpret those), verify supply chain & secure element procurement processes, rolls her own seeds BUT also knows not to use dice provided to her, airgaps all signing devices, buys stacks of laptops for single use quorum setups, disposes of said laptops, also runs linux or some shit to do with some kernel thing or something, memorize her seed, geographically distribute multisig signing devices, diversify hardware signing devices, also don't use hardware signing devices apparently, secure her wallet descriptors, and then makes sure to hop onto random emergency twitter spaces at a moments notice at 9p Central on a Thursday
@SSluginston@nicole_clash This is an empty threat because, as you say, it’s pending. And even once you have it, a patent is a $20,000 gun and if you wanna fire, the bullets cost $2 million each.
We’re going to bring this heroic young man, and his family, into the White House with, perhaps, the boy he saved, to give him a High Civilian Honor. Very brave, he deserves it! President DONALD J. TRUMP
🚨WOW. Child Dramatically Rescued in Santa Cruz yesterday
A 16yr old Lifeguard went VIRAL for the rescue, exhibiting STUNNING lifesaving skills
As onlookers attempted to help, they too were almost swept away, the young lifeguard telling them to save themselves
“I’m an actor, so I know all about complicated things like science and politics
And if you don’t vote the way I want, that’s like a hate crime
And I makes me sad and angry”
- Ricky Gervais
One thing that is actually *underappreciated* about Elon is his humility
He's talking to a reporter who is, by her tone and framing of questions, clearly trying to chide and belittle him
It’s not obvious that the richest man in the world would do any of this.
She is clearly trying to provoke him iwth gotcha soundbites like "do you think about why people loathe you" "do you think what you're doing is good for western democracy"
The tone is clearly "wouldn't you like to apologize for how evil and shameful you've been"
He's taking minutes of his time (idk how to estimate their dollar value) to do submit to this
He keeps responding calmly and genuinely stating what specifically he believes
He is not flexing his own accomplishments, power, or knowledge as anything other than a regular person who refuses to be shamed into conformity
He is clearly trying to engage with her rather on the content of things rather than just "win"
The irony of all of her barbed questions and implied moral superiority is that despite every reason to be the opposite, Elon is actually **more humble** than she is.
American golf courses use on the order of thirty times more water than all U.S. data centers combined. Even if AI workloads triple their water draw by 2030, credible projections still put total AI water use under about ten percent of golf’s irrigation footprint.
A six-year-old boy goes to work with his father on a Bring Your Kid to Work Day...
After about 30 minutes of arriving, the kid starts crying loudly; the whole office gathers around.
The father asks his kid, "What's the matter, son?"
The kid replies, "Where are all the clowns that you say you work with?"
If you think you are smarter than the previous generation…50 years ago the owners manual of a car showed you how to adjust the valves. Today it warns you not to drink the contents of the battery.
When people see visualizations of satellites in orbit they get scared because it looks crowded.
So here is a visualization of what it looks like with accurate satellite sizes: